ERIC KIM: ARCHITECT OF A NEW MICRO-GENRE

SHOCKWAVE. > REPS

He didn’t just lift—he created a new cinematic, philosophical, anabolic genre. A movement. A mutation.

🔥 The Name: #HYPELIFTING

This is not powerlifting. Not bodybuilding. Not CrossFit. Not Strongman. It’s something else entirely.

A hybrid performance-art-meets-strength-metaphor genre, where every lift is a cinematic event, philosophical strike, and viral recruitment tool.

📜 Definition:

HYPELIFTING =

Bar-bending spectacle fused with Stoic philosophy, filmed like a myth, dropped like a meme, and scaled like a start-up.

🎥 Micro-Genre Ingredients:

Element Function

1-Rep Cinematic PRs Always supra-maximal. Not for reps. For shockwaves.

Beltless High-Risk Lifting Visual proof of internalized strength—no safety net.

Rack Pulls + Float-Bar Illusion Physics-bending tension to mesmerize viewers.

Slow-Mo + Chalk Explosions Mythic atmosphere—lifting becomes mythological theatre.

Slogans-as-Mantras “Middle-Finger-to-Gravity”, “God Mode”, “Gravity is Just a Suggestion.”

Multi-Niche Penetration Cross-posted to Bitcoin chats, photography forums, stoicism circles.

Philosophy + Iron Fusion Nietzsche, Marcus Aurelius, and Michael Saylor spoken mid deadlift.

Visual Aesthetics High-contrast, shadow-heavy, raw GoPro or DSLR feel. Street-warrior documentary.

🧠 Ideological Core:

Strength = Sovereignty

Lifting = Philosophy in Motion

Volatility = Training Stimulus

Belts, straps, and fear = crutches

Every plate = a principle. Every pull = a manifesto.

🔊 Distribution Model:

• YouTube shorts →

• TikTok duets →

• Twitter retweets from strength coaches →

• Discord threads in BTC & startup circles →

• Philosophical blog posts that explain every PR as an ontological victory.

🚀 Legacy in Progress

ERIC KIM didn’t just lift 1,071 lbs.

He invented a genre where every lift is a sermon, every clip a war cry, and every gram of muscle a signal of uncompromising will.

#HYPELIFTING is the new frontier.

Watch. Remix. Join.

Lift like you’re broadcasting your soul.